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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Penny Serenade

I know, I know, I am terrible at updates on Cary Grant. Please don't hate me!!!



So the next Cary Grant post is on the extreme tear jerker, "Penny Serenade." It is on Netflix streaming,and on Youtube, so after you are done reading this, you need to go watch it immediately, ok? Okay.
 Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play a young married couple. They are living in Japan when a earthquake destroys there home and causes Irene to have a miscarriage. It is revealed that she will never be able to bear children afterward. So, the couple decide to adopt a two-year old little boy. The baby turns out to be a much younger baby girl, and the first night she is with her new parents, it is quite obvious that they have no clue how to raise a child. Every time she makes a sound during the night they rush to her bedside,which, by the way, is an actual bed, that they have surrounded with pillows and chairs to ensure that the newborn (basically, the child hasnt reached toddlerhood yet, so it must be only a couple months old at the time of the adoption) doesn't fall off the bed.
The baby grows into an adorable toddler, but the couples newspaper business is not doing as well as they would hope, and the child is almost taken away from them. But Cary makes an emotional plea to the court to let them keep her, and afterward it is decided that they shall keep her. (Gosh, if Cary was like that as a father in real life, his daughter was mighty lucky haha).
She then gets to be about ten or so, and all of a sudden, she dies!!! Needless to say, the couple is traumatized, and their marriage falls apart...
Until the adoption agency tells them they have a little boy for them that matches their original request....a boy about  two years old to be exact... thankfully, this saves them and their marriage...
Holy Cow, talk about emotionally charged. You definitely have to see this. It is INCREDIBLE!!!!!! Make sure you have some kleenexes with you when you watch it though...



God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!




Sunday, May 19, 2013

What you've all been waiting for....

Ok, so like I promised, I am providing you with my next post about Cary Grant....*insert sigh*



So, the Cary Grant movie this week is "An Affair to Remember." Talk about a movie that makes me CRY!!!! One of the greatest movies of all time, just sayin...

So Nickie Ferrante(Grant) is a famous playboy back in the day. He is engaged to the wealthy Lois Clark. Nickie isn't wealthy, and hasn't worked a day in his life, but the movie gives the impression that his family did come from wealth. Anyhow, while on a cruise near Europe, he meets the gorgeous Terry Mckay (Deborah Kerr). She is a singer and is engaged to Ken Bradley. While on the cruise, Nickie tries to woo Terry, but she is reluctant, as she knows his reputation. So when the cruise ship stops along the French Riviera, Nickie brings Terry to see his grandmother Janou, a wonderful, amazing old woman who instantly takes a liking to Terry, and they got along very well. Terry admires Janou's shawl, and it is made clear that Janou will not be alive much longer, when Janou says that someday soon, she will give it to her. Janou plays the piano, Terry sings, and then it is time for Janou and Nickie to leave. Nicki and Terry realize their love for each other before they reach New York City again, and plan to meet at the Empire State building in six months to get married, so they have enough time to make some money for their new life together. Nickie takes up painting again and Terry begins to sing as well. Six months later they are both rushing to the Empire State Building. On her way there, Terry gets hit by an automobile and can't make it to the building to meet Nickie. Meanwhile, Nickie is waiting at the top of the building for hours before he finally decides to go home. He is crushed.

It is revealed that Terry is paralyzed. She does not want to tell Nickie because she knows he will want to pay for her to get well, but she knows he doesn't have money, and she doesn't want her former fiance to help because if Nicki found out, he wouldn't be happy. So she doesn't let Ken help her, and she doesn't get ahold of Nicki to tell him what happened. Instead, she gets a job at a local church/ school, teaching children to sing. But when Ken brings Terry to a ballet, Nicki sees her there, but doesn't know that she is paralyzed. He thinks she has ditched him. 

It is also made known that Nicki has begun to sell his paintings, but there is one painting he does not want to sell. It is a painting of the now deceased Janou, and Terry. On christmas day, he finds Terry's apartment and brings her Janou's shawl. Terry is quite upset at Janou's passing, but she does not stand up from the couch obviously, and Nicki tries to make her feel guilty about not coming to the Empire state building, but Terry dodges the subject. Finally, Nicki mentions the painting he did not want to sell, but his agent sold to a woman in a wheelchair. Just as the words escape his mouth, Nicki realizes what happened and who the woman in the wheelchair was. He keeps talking but goes over to a door and opens it. There, in the next room, hanging on the wall is the painting. He rushes over to Terry and apologizes. and Terry tells him not to cry. "If you can paint, I can walk; anything can happen, don't you think?"




Sniff. I need a good romantic cry. I think I will go watch it...

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!


Thursday, May 16, 2013

Just like me...

Of course when I say I am gonna write weekly on Cary Grant it doesn't happen -_-
Ok, well, my next post will be on Grant....


This post is going to be about a young singer who is about my age, and who sings like he is 25-30 years old. He is awesome......
His name is Damian McGinty.


And he used to sing with the awesome choral group, "Celtic Thunder." He took a break from the group a little while back to  do a stint on the Glee Project and later on the actual Glee show. Damian, I think, would like the world to know his inspirations and be inspired by them as well. his inspirations? Michael Buble, Dean Martin, and FRANK SINATRA....
                                  

                             

Ok, Damian may be my newest favorite young singer of all time...seriously. I thought I was the only 20 year old who liked those people. I guess I was wrong...
Oh by the way, Damian is Irish... has a pretty intense accent too, let me tell you. But then again, I have a thing for accents... and dimples...and freckles... but thats beside the point....Damian has a GOLDEN VOICE.... just listen to this....







Ok, by now, I hope you get what I mean when I say this young Irish Charmer has "got what it takes." (I sincerely hope you get the reference to the Buble song that I just made :P) I wish him the best of luck :)

God bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Adam And That Rib Of His...

The iconic pair, the witty duo...Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. These two were just... WOW... It is like they belonged to each other from the moment they were born. They just fit together. I don't know how else to explain the chemistry between this actor and actress....

If you don't know what the title is referring to, it is looking back on the amazing film that these two made together, called "Adam's Rib." Of course, that wasn't the only movie the two made together. they made nine all together, I believe. Adams' Rib was made in 1949 and is the story of two lawyers, married to one another. As I can't simply try to explain this movie, I will simply show you the article that wikipedia has on the movie...



Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) follows her husband (Tom Ewell) with a gun one day and sees that he is having an affair with another woman (Jean Hagen). In her rage, she fires at the couple multiple times. One of the bullets hits her husband in the shoulder.
The following morning, married lawyers, Adam and Amanda Bonner (Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) read about the incident in the newspaper. The two argue over the case; Amanda sympathizes with the girl, particularly noting the double standard that exists for men and women regarding adultery, while Adam thinks she is guilty of attempted murder. When Adam arrives at work, he finds that he has been assigned the case (on the side of the prosecution). When Amanda hears this, she seeks out Doris and, to Adam's dismay, becomes her defense lawyer.
Amanda bases her case on the belief that women and men are equal, and that Doris had been forced into the situation through her husband's poor treatment. Adam feels she is showing a disregard for the law as there should never be an excuse for such behavior. Tension increasingly builds at home as the couple battle each other in court. The situation comes to a head when Amanda humiliates Adam during the trial, having her female witness pick him up, and Adam later storms out of their house. When the verdict for the trial comes in, Amanda's plea to the jury to "judge this case as you would if the sexes were reversed" proves successful, and Doris is found not guilty.
That night, Adam sees Amanda and their neighbor Kip (David Wayne), who has shown a clear interest in Amanda, together through the window. He breaks into the apartment, pointing a gun at the pair. Amanda is horrified, and says to Adam "You've no right to do this, nobody does!", which satisfies Adam as he feels he has proven his point about the injustice of Amanda's line of defense. He then puts the gun in his mouth, to which Amanda and Kip scream, but Adam merely bites down on it—the gun was made of liquorice. Amanda is furious with this prank, and a three-way fight ensues.
The couple is reluctantly reunited for a meeting with their accountant, where they talk about their relationship in the past tense. They soon become sad when talking about the farm they own, and realize how they love each other. They go to the farm, where Adam announces that he has been selected as the Republican nominee for County Court Judge. Amanda jokes about running for the role as the Democratic candidate.   



God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!!

Friday, April 19, 2013

Suave, Charming, Manly, Amazing Smile.... Sounds Like the Perfect Man, Doesn't It?

Well, that perfect man existed. And his name.... was Cary Grant. I adore Cary Grant, and so does my mom. Unfortunately....and fortunately, he made so many amazing, incredible, wonderful movies that I can't talk about just ONE in any certain blogpost. SO without further ado, I have decided to write about one Cary Grant movie each week, and I hope you will all begin to love him as much as my Mom and I do...

The first movie I'd like to talk about is the movie "Charade" Boy! Talk about Romance! Suspense! Treasure! Murder! CARY GRANT!!!! AUDREY HEPBURN!!!!! It's fascinating just by the sounds of it! I admit I hadn't watched it until this very evening, but believe me you, you better get on "hulu" this very minute and watch every single second of it! Almost two hours of Cary Grant! How in the world can you even resist watching it just to keep reading this blogpost! You must be immensely insane, dear friend...

Anyhow, Audrey Hepburn's husband gets murdered and a story surfaces that he stole 200,000 dollars from the U.S. government back during World War II with four other army buddies of his. One of those buddies has supposedly died and the other three want their money. And they all think Audrey has it. In comes the delectable Cary and claims that he is three different people at three different parts of the movie. But one thing is clear, he and audrey are falling in love. And the three army "buddies" get bumped off one by one. All of a sudden there are two thrilling chases, during which we find out that the one man Audrey does trust, a "Mr. Bartholemew" isn't really who he says, but the buddy who was supposedly dead! Crazy right!!!???? Anyhow, they find the source of the treasure and Audrey goes to return it, only to find out that the man she has to return the source to, happens to be none other than Cary Grant, who tells her his (finally!) real name and the two get engaged. Audrey remarks "I hope we have all boys so that we can name them all after you..." (Peter, Alex, Adam, and Brian).


All in all, it's a great film and you should definitely watch it sometime :)

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!


Thursday, April 18, 2013

Just Can't Get Me Enough!!!

While I don't have time to write a full fledged blog post today, I thought I might show you a video I made about a year ago for a class that I was in. It is a compilation of some of my favorite movies and actors/actresses.

I really do hope you enjoy it!

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41mf8ENpVn4

Saturday, April 13, 2013

The Reluctant Saint

The other night at COC, one of my friends gave a talk on the Saints, and the thought occurred to me "Why don't I write a blogpost about that one movie with Ricardo Montalban....uh....oh yeah- 'The Reluctant Saint.'" So I decided to write a blogpost about it haha.


Maximilian Schell stars as St. Joseph of Cupertino. The Italian man was rather slow witted and was forced to enter a monastery because his family didn't know what else he would be able to do with his life. Still, Joseph could not do well in his studies for the priesthood. But God had His own way, and Joseph became a priest. God began to work miracles through Joseph and he would levitate while celebrating the Mass or be enraptured by intense ecstasies. 

As I mentioned earlier,  Ricardo Montalban was also in this movie. He plays a priest who doubts the holiness of St. Joseph but then changes his mind after he sees some of the miracles performed by Joseph, rather like St. Thomas after the resurrection of Christ.

God bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!





Thursday, April 11, 2013

Lucille Ball.....maybe I should say Lucy Ricardo and then you'll know who it is ;)

I LOVE LUCY!!!!! No, really, I do.... I also love Ricky...and Ethel...and Fred....

At this point, if you don't know what I am talking about, I might just go into a corner and cry like a baby...
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                       

On the other hand, you might just know exactly who and what I am talking about, and in that case... GOOD FOR YOU!!! For example, I was talking to my good friend Madeleine this morning, and I told her I was going to blog on the iconic "I Love Lucy" Show from the 1950s. She immediately said ecstatically, "Oh! That show is awesome. I love that show!"

And once you see one episode of Lucy Ricardo, you can't get enough, you just have to watch all of them! Lucy is married to the Cuban bandleader, Ricky Ricardo. Lucy gets into all sorts of scrapes and trouble (like getting a little buzzed off of Vitameatavegamin)... which makes Ricky angry most of the time and he then spouts off words in Spanish. And then with Ricky's thick accent, Lucy can easily make fun of him. But the two are obviously in love, and they love their neighbors/ landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz. Fred usually stands by Ricky, unless he is right alongside the girls trying to get famous in Ricky's floor show at "The Tropicana." And Ethel never deserts her good friend, Lucy, even when Lucy gets them both into terrible scrapes.... like working at a chocolate factory.

Old or young, "I Love Lucy," is a show for everyone.

Fascinating fact: Lucy and Ricky were married in real life. Their names were Desi and Lucy Arnaz. Unfortunately, shortly after the show ended, the two were divorced....sad isn't it?

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!


Ps) The mistake Ricky makes in this clip was actually a real mistake haha!

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Calamity!!!!!!!


Doris Day plays the historic Calamity Jane. Howard Keel (who played Adam in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) stars as her love interest, Wild Bill Hickok.

Talk about love triangles!!!----or actually a love square. As soon as Katie Brown (Allyn McLerie), comes into town at first masquerading as the gorgeous show girl, Adelaid Adams, the whole town of Deadwood is in an uproar. Once her true identity is known, Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin (who "calam" originally is infatuated with) and Bill Hickok beat each other up trying to win Katie's affections. So Calam thinks she loves Danny, who loves Katie, who loves Danny back, while bill also believes he is in love with Katie....Confusing isn't it? HAHA

Calam catches Katie and Danny together and is outraged. She tells Katie to get out of town and is confronted by Bill. The two realize their love for each other.


The next day, Calam heads into town to tell Katie she and Bill are getting married and to ask for forgiveness. But Katie has already left town. Calam races after the stagecoach on her horse and finally catches up with her. All is cleared up and Calam and Bill are married and Katie and Danny are as well.


All in all, it's a great film and has some GREAT songs, like "Higher than a Hawk" and "Secret Love," sung by Keel and Day, respectively. It also has some great humor that you just can't miss!!!!


God Bless 'Till I get back from Beeton-ton!!!




Monday, April 8, 2013

Easter Parade

Ok, I haven't written in some time. I truly am sorry. But I will make this post worth your while. Haha

Fred Astaire. What else do I really need to say? Any movie that the King of Dance is in is automatically going to be a classic. This is just one of his many classics. Joining him as his lead female costar is Judy Garland. She does an impeccable job as Hannah Brown. Peter Lawford and Anne Miller also join Astaire and Garland.

Astaire plays a vaudevillian dancer whose partner, Miller, deserts him because she is infatuated with Johnny, played by Lawford. Johnny on the other hand wants nothing to do with her other than be a friend. He wants to see the two back together. But Astaire takes on a new partner, played by Garland. Garland and Astaire see Miller walking in the Easter Parade and Fred promises that in one year, everyone in the parade will be looking at Judy and not at Miller.

Judy's and Fred's characters fall in love over the one year time period and Astaire almost louses up their romance and their dancing team. But Johnny, who originally had a crush on Garland, helps to patch things up and the two are brought together again and go to the Easter Parade, where Astaire proposes to Garland.

I've got to say, it is like my family's tradition to watch this movie every Easter Sunday, along with "It's A Wonderful Life" on Christmas Eve.

Anyhow, I hope ya'll had a wonderful and blessed Easter!

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!
                                                                                               

Monday, February 4, 2013

"But Secretly They Was Over Joyed!!!"


For those of you who don't know what the title is referring to... SHAME ON YOU!!!!! That line is eagerly shouted from one of the Seven Pontipee Brothers, the youngest- Gideon. Who is Gideon Pontipee? Oh My!!!! He is from the outstanding musical, "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers." If you haven't seen it, you need to stop what you are doing and go watch it...right now.

It is the tale of seven brothers who live in Oregon. From the oldest to the youngest they were Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank(short for Frankincense. All the boys' names are alphabetical and from the old testament), and Gideon. After Adam marries Milly, the younger brothers want wives as well. This is the hilarious tale of how the brothers get those wives.

I have seen this movie so many times throughout my lifetime. It is definetly a classic!!!!!!











God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

I Confess...



Tonight, I went to Catholics on Campus at SVSU. One of the topics briefly touched on was the Catholic Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). The thought occurred to me, "Hmmmm. What a great idea for my blog!!"

So tonight, I want to tell you about an amazing Alfred Hitchcock movie called "I confess." Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter are two of the stars in the movie. Clift plays a Roman Catholic priest in Quebec City. Baxter plays a friend of his.

The story centers around a murder. The murder was committed by the handyman at the parish church. The handyman asks the priest to hear his confession. In the confessional, the murderer confesses his sin of murder.

When the police start investigating the murder, they suspect the handyman, and they ask the priest if he knows anything. This puts the priest in a pickle. He is bound by the seal of confession, to keep secret the sins of the people who confess to him. So even though he knows the handyman committed the murder, he can not tell the police anything. How hard would that be!? Eventually, the handyman accidentally turn himself in. And the rest of the events of the film center around the handyman's accidental confession to the police that he is the murderer.

It is an excellent movie!!! It shows pretty accurately, too, the whole Sacrament of Confession. I think it is a must see, but then again, all of the stuff I write about on here are must sees!!!! haha

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

From the scene where Clift hears the man's confession








Monday, January 28, 2013

Jim Caviezel in a TV Show? Heck Yes, I Watch It...


For those of you who don't know, Jim Caviezel (the guy who played Jesus in "The Passion") and that creepy dude from "Lost" star in a TV show together. That TV show is called "Person of Interest." And HOLY COW! They are a superb duo and the show itself is very riveting. The minute I heard Caviezel was doing his own show, I knew I was gonna like it.


The two form a sort of their own detective agency/ police squad. They aren't really apart of the  Police force, but they help the police plenty. Caviezel is the "brawn" and that creepy guy (whose name is actually Michael Emerson haha) is the brains of the outfit.

Each episode features the two working on a different case, obviously, and about the difficulties each case presents to them. It really is an "edge of your seat" kind of show. I think you all would really enjoy it. Yes, its not an old movie, or show, but hey, some new stuff out there has "Classic" written all over it. Give this show a chance :)

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Casablanca..... and Bogie, of course ;).... and Ingred Bergman. lol



So tonight, I found an article about the making of the CLASSIC film starring HUMPHREY BOGART (yes, he is one of my favorite actors of like all time...) and Ingrid Bergman. I thought you guys would really like to see it as well. It's really awesome. I hope you enjoy it.

"Here's lookin' at you, kid."
But, first, I HAVE to tell a quick story relating to the movie. About ten years ago, two of my brothers took my soon to be sister-in-law to the old movie theater in downtown Bay City. Jamie had not yet seen Casablanca, and that was what the State Theater was showing that day. (Btw, neither of those brothers were the ones who were engaged to Jamie). Rich and Chris were really excited to show her the movie, especially because its so great. When they all came back that night, they told us that the movie was great, and Jamie really liked it, but apparently the candy they got (Milk Duds) were so stale, they thought they were probably as old as the theater. "I'm surprised I didn't bust my teeth on them" Rich said. Haha
Ok, enough of my ramblings. Here is the article!!!!

http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/features/casablanca/

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!


Saturday, January 26, 2013

When Grandma Got Me Hooked

In my very first post on here, I told ya'll about why I had started this blog, and I mentioned a person who is, and was very dear to me- my Grandma, Mary Christe

I remember the day it happened. It? What it? You are probably asking. The day I learned about HIM! Him? Yes, the greatest comedian of ALL time...Bob Hope.

So, I was just a little kid, sitting on Grandma's lap watching a series of old movies that all had the same actor. He was very funny, and I liked him a lot. So I asked Grandma, "Grandma, who is that man?"

"That, Mary Kate, is Bob Hope."

And that was what really started me wanting to learn more about the people in these movies.

And the singers Grandma got me listening to... Like Frank Sinatra.... I like, really really love to listen to Frank Sinatra. But unfortunately, through my research of F.S, I've learned that he didn't live a very good life. That makes me upset, but the actors and singers that I have found that actually lived good lives made up for it...like Danny Thomas, Ricardo Montalban, and Maureen O' Hara.

Grandma gave me a gift that I could never repay. She gave me my hobby. She gave me the instant feeling of wanting to dance the moment....no the second....that I hear a Glenn Miller song. By the way, I seriously love Glenn Miller. He is the best....

So that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!


Just a little Doris Day....

So the other day, I was kinda just chilling at work (I'm a bagger at a grocery store- its pretty fascinating- in case your wondering that was definitely sarcasm lol), when I see some magazine on the rack. And guess what?!??!?!?!?! Doris Day is still alive! Can you believe that? I was floored. I thought she had died a couple years ago. So I look at one of my coworkers whose probably in her late thirties and I say, "Amy! Doris Day is STILL alive!"

She gives me this weird look and says, "Who the heck is Doris Day?"

I stared at her in disbelief. she had NEVER heard of Doris Day. I was flabbergasted. I glanced over at my other coworker, an older lady who mainly just works the "U-scans." "Nan, Amy has never heard of Doris Day!"

 Nan's jaw dropped. "How can you not know of Doris Day?" she asked. Then she launched into "Secret Love" and "Que Sera Sera," both well known songs of Day. An older gentleman was checking out at the "U-scans" and was listening intently to our conversation. Nan and I were spouting off names of the movies that Doris had made and who the male lead was in each, and that she had done a couple pictures with Alfred Hitchcock (who in my personal opinion was a mastermind of a director....but who doesn't just love Hitch?)

Finally the old man piped in. "Wait a second, young lady." he said as I was in mid-sentence of saying how great Doris was in "The Young at Heart" with Frank Sinatra. "How do you know all these actors, actresses, movies, and directors?! You can't be more than twenty-six years old!"

I blushed deep red. " I am nineteen."

"Exactly! You are a young 'un!"

"Well, sir, old movies and old music are my passion. I love all of them, and I learn as much as I can about them."

"I see. Well you keep that up. Most young people your age don't have a clue about what they are missing out on!"

I smiled and "Don't worry, sir, I will."

It was so great to make that old gentleman's night and to show him that not all young people are punks who are on drugs, and have some style and taste in movies and music. Haha

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!


Friday, January 25, 2013

Just one more thing!!! Haha

So, i know i hadn't written in a very long time before today. Well, last night, I was reading a blog by a young man I had met about a week ago at a local college. I met him with a group of other college students that are known as "Catholics on Campus." They are a great group of people!!!

Anyhow, so I was reading this young man's blog, and he had written a post about blogging. I commented on the post. I asked the young man, whose name is Kevin, how he was able to keep up with his blog. I told him that I wasn't able to keep up my blog because I just didn't have the time and because I was discouraged by the lack of hits I was getting.

Kevin told me not to give up. That if I really love what I'm doing, I'll be able to keep up with it, no matter how busy I am, and not to get discouraged, but to keep on plugging, and writing on the blog about what I love...

I gave what Kevin said to me some serious thought. He was right. I shouldn't get discouraged. I should just keep writing about what I love, even if wasn't getting many comments on my posts. So I got back on, and just today I've written three posts because I've just got to talk to you guys! And guess what!? Today alone, over twenty people have viewed the blog!!!! Isn't that incredible?!

I can only thank one person for getting me back to the blogosphere, and a tremendous amount of viewers. So, Kevin, if you ever read this post. I just want to thank you so much for helping me out. I really appreciate it. I can't wait to see you and the rest of the gang from SVSU at Catholics on Campus.

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

OK, so I'm impatient..... how about I tell you about BOBBY DARIN?!?!?!?!?!


      Yes, I simply can't wait until tomorrow to tell you about the famous singer from the fifties through the early 70s...

Bobby Darin was born May 14, 1936 as Walden Robert Cassotto. When he was just a little boy, he had recurring bouts of rheumatic fever, which left his heart frail. He was told he wouldn't live past the age of 15 or 16 so Bobby was determined to make it big before he died. He was going to be even better than Frank Sinatra!

At first it was very hard, but then he sang a song that splashed its way into the hearts of all teenagers. The rock n' roll song was called Splish Splash. He also had other hits, such as Beyond the Sea, and Mack the Knife.

In 1960, Bobby married actress Sandra Dee, who had acted with him in the movie, Come September. Rock Hudson was also in the movie with the two. Their son, Dodd Mitchell Darin was born in 1961.
Unfortunately, the two divorced in 1969.

At the age of 37, in 1973, Bobby Darin died, after surgery trying to repair his heart.

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!




Yes, yes, it's been a LONG time

Sorry about that!!! I've been CRAZY busy! With two jobs and school, I dont have a lot of time, but I promise to make more time for you guys! So here is the deal. I decided to add singers to the site to. Not just actors and movies, and after all, some singers do a bit of acting too. So, make sure you look for my next post tomorrow about a singer.... I wonder who it will be? ;)

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!!